Germany has not exported weapons to countries in war since WWII. They still insisted to not to do so last week, only changed yesterday.
Germany is one of the biggest buyers of Russian energy. You could also say one of the biggest payers for Putin's war. Not their intention, but still a fact.
It's Germany and by extension EU's own fault for not developing alternative sources of energy. Note, I said alternative sources of energy not alternative fuels. How did Germany come to being so reliant on Russian energy? What were the Germans thinking when they were happily decommissioning their Nuclear and Coal power plants in favor of what was largely Russian Oil & Gas? Its not surprising that the west finds itself again in this situation.
Your intel is completely off: Germany had been exporting weapons to many countries, including Saudis bombing yemen, much to the embarrassment of its population
Of course German weapons have been used in various conflicts in various ways. Dual use stuff even more. I as a German did not like it and not vote for those who did it. It was kind of dirty industry politics to stretch the official policy of foreign politics. I have always said the official policy was dishonest. If you do not export to any crisis area, you should not export at all. You are not a credible vendor if you stop selling when the buyer wants it most. In all fairness it was rather limited compared to other weapon exporting nations.
The difference since Saturday is: You can hardly vote for any politician anymore
that does not openly support exporting weapons into an ongoing war. It's a huge turn-around.
Now everyone is applauding Germany that they finally started to change. Will they still applaud when Putin noticed that he underestimated the reactions of the EU and starts to play the nuclear option? First signs are in the air. He is isolated, he has been criminal since working for the KGB in the 1980s. And he has not been meeting many people for 2 years because he is paranoid about the virus. Or only realistic that in Russia the situation is less under control than in other industry countries. What 2 years of isolation have done to his mental health is anyone's guess. His declaration of war was a complete mess of hatress, he was not even able to state a clear reason from is own perspective.
Germany is one of the biggest buyers of Russian energy. You could also say one of the biggest payers for Putin's war. Not their intention, but still a fact.